Kharjan Punji Population - Cachar, Assam

Kharjan Punji is a medium size village located in Lakhipur Circle of Cachar district, Assam with total 179 families residing. The Kharjan Punji village has population of 902 of which 466 are males while 436 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharjan Punji village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 17.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharjan Punji village is 936 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharjan Punji as per census is 902, lower than Assam average of 962.

Kharjan Punji village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharjan Punji village was 62.60 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Kharjan Punji Male literacy stands at 65.89 % while female literacy rate was 59.12 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kharjan Punji village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kharjan Punji village.

Kharjan Punji Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	179	-	-
Population	902	466	436
Child (0-6)	156	82	74
Schedule Caste	335	169	166
Schedule Tribe	2	0	2
Literacy	62.60 %	65.89 %	59.12 %
Total Workers	352	224	128
Main Worker	188	-	-
Marginal Worker	164	51	113

Caste Factor

In Kharjan Punji village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.14 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.22 % of total population in Kharjan Punji village.

Work Profile

In Kharjan Punji village out of total population, 352 were engaged in work activities. 53.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 352 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.